Halter.



L. CURTIS.'

. HALTER.

APPLIoATIoN FILEDv APR. 29, 1914.

1,1 30,7141 Patentd Man-9, 1915.

@WMO/r, Lo GaN CURHS Wimmo Summa LOGAN CURTIS, F IBBOWNS, ILLINOIS.

HALTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application led Apr129, 1914. Serial No. 835,197.

.To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, LOGAN Gun'rrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Browns, in the county of Edwards and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

.This invention relates to new and useful improvements in halters and more particularly to a rope halter, the main obj ect of the invention being the provision of a halter which is constructed from a single length of rope and is constructed in such a manner that the halter may be readily adjusted to tit animals heads of dilierent sizes.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a halter of the above character having an adjustable throat latch movably mounted upon the body portion of the halter and so arranged that the same may be adjusted to various desired positions.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a halter of the above character which will possess advantages in points of eiiiciency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture and, at the same time, is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a rope halter constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the adjusting loop.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates the main body of the rope which forms my improved halter which is interwoven at a point substantially inter-- mediate of its ends to form a resultant loop 2. One end of the rope extends from this loop to form a nose strap 3, and the strands within the rope are drawn at a point adjacent the end thereof to form a plurality of loops 8. A second set of loops 9 are drawn from the end portion of the rope and also a third set 10 are drawn at the end of the rope. It will be noted that the nose strap extends beyond the loops 8 and 9 to form a jaw strap 11 and the strands of the rope are held against unraveling at the end thereof by the metal clip l2 which may be of any desired form. The other end of the rope beyond the loop 2 forms a head strap 13, said strap passing through the loops 8 and 9, thence extending through the loop 2 and thence through the loops 10 and terminates into a hitching strap 14. It will be apparent that by providing the second set of loops 9 upon the jaw strap, it will prevent the loop 2 from sliding around upon the strap 15 and thus prevent the jaw strap from slipping up too far. In order to prevent the head strap from accidentally slipping over the head of the animal, l provide a throat strap 16 which is formed from a single length of flexible material, such as a rope or the like. The strands forming the throat latch are drawn at intervals at a point removed from one end of the rope to form a plurality of loops 17 arranged in sections and in spaced relation with one another and are adapted to embrace the upper end of the head strap, whereby the throat latch will be adjustably mounted thereon. The throat latch 16 is provided at one end with a loop or ring 18 and designed for engagement therewith is a hook 19 which is provided with a yieldable tongue 2O adapted to retain the hook into engagement with the ring 18.

1t will be apparent from the above that by having the throat latch slidably mounted upon the head strap of the halter, the throat latch may be readily adjusted to various positions and can also be adjusted to adopt the same to animals heads of various sizes. It will also be apparent that my improved halter can be quickly and readily applied to any size animal head or removed therefrom and, at the same time, it will be noted that the same is extremely simple in construction and can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a comparatively low cost.

While l have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice, without sacricing any of the novel features, or departing from the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described this invention, moved With respect to the others to adjust 1 what I claim is the throat latch, and means for detachably In combination With a head stall, a throat connecting the ends of the throat latch. latch comprising a length of flexible ma- In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiX my terial arranged at the top portion thereof, signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses. sets of loops carried by the throat latch and LOGAN CURTIS. slidably mounted upon the head stall, the Witnesses: sets of loops being arranged in spaced re- LYMAN SMITH, lation, whereby one set of loops may be VERNON W. SMITH.

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Washington, D. C. 

